page_title: Stud farm
section_title: Private stud farms
hierarchical_section_title: Stud farm / Horse stud farms / Private stud farms
caption_attribution_description: English: Stable, part of XIV palace and park in Gdynia Kolibki
context_page_description: A stud farm or stud in animal husbandry is an establishment for selective breeding of livestock. The word "stud" comes from the Old English stod meaning "herd of horses, place where horses are kept for breeding". Historically, documentation of the breedings that occur on a stud farm leads to the development of a stud book. Male animals made available for breeding to outside female animals are said to be "standing at stud", or at "stud service", referencing the relatively high probability that they are kept at a stud farm.
  The word stud is often restricted to larger domesticated animals, such as cattle and horses. A specialized vocabulary exists for the studs of other animals, such as kennel, cattery and aviary.
context_section_description: Around the world, private individuals have breeding farms of various sizes that are dedicated to animal breeding, usually of purebred livestock.  Some may have originally been founded with government assistance or sponsorship, or owned by political leaders, while others are solely the private enterprise of those who own them.  Some of the largest and most impressive are those dedicated to Thoroughbred horse breeding, such as the historic Claiborne Farm in Kentucky or the Darley Stud, owned by Dubai H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, which stands over fifty stallions at stud in facilities located in seven countries.
caption: A large stud farm in Gdynia, Poland
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